(Arkansas is) one of the most athletic groups, players 1 through 9, in this whole tournament. |
(He) has come out of nowhere. I mean my goodness, I don't think there's a whole lot of freshmen in America doing what he's doing. He has been terrific. |
[How was the weather?] Cool, ... 128 to 135 every day. The sign says 125 and you think something's wrong with it. |
Alabama needs to be a team that continues to play well. I've sat on every different side of this thing, guys. Until Sunday night when they call your name, nothing's for sure. |
All we want to do is get (the soldiers) out of their daily routine of what they're doing, ... But I'm sure they're going to play hard. |
Alonzo gave us great energy, a great lift off the bench and hit some big shots. Sometimes on senior nights, it's somebody else who emerges, and tonight it was Alonzo. |
And I feel bad about that because typically I'll call him more regularly than I have lately. |
Arkansas played terrific in Tuscaloosa. |
As a coach, sometimes that's a difficult thing to do. |
As a graduate assistant just starting, I get the opportunity to know John Wooden. I mean, are you kidding me? How great an opportunity that was. |
As coaches, you feel like politicians this time of year. We've beaten the top three teams in the (SEC) East and the top three teams in the West, and I don't know too many other teams that have done that. The bottom line is we need to keep winning. |
As soon as I heard about it, I thought, 'I'm going no matter when it is,' ... It's a tremendous opportunity for us to show our troops how much we appreciate what they're doing. |
Brewer for a couple of minutes just absolutely took the game over. |
By the way, Jerry I'm, looking for some faxes. Every day, I'm hunting on the floor, everywhere I can look. |
Chuck is a great player for us. But we have some other players that are great for us too. |